THE NEGOTIATIONS OF DIPOLI. INITIATIVES OF THE ROMANIAN DELEGATION AT THE PREPARATORY TALKS FOR THE CONFERENCE ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE
THE NEGOTIATIONS OF DIPOLI. INITIATIVES OF THE ROMANIAN DELEGATION AT THE PREPARATORY TALKS FOR THE CONFERENCE ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE

Summary/Abstract: At the beginning of the ‘70s, in the context of the East-West détente, the idea of convening a conference on cooperation and security in Europe gained more ground. Thus, on 22 November 1972, at Dipoli-Helsinki, the Preparatory Talks Leading to the CSCE were inaugurated and, later on, prolonged in four successive stages until the early summer of 1973. Following these negotiations, the Final Recommendations of the Helsinki Consultations were adopted. The document contained seven chapters: conference organization; rules of procedures; agenda and related instructions; participation, contributions, guests; financial arrangements; starting dates of each stage of the CSCE, and the conference venue. For the Romanian diplomacy, the preliminary conference of the European security proved to be a perfect occasion to assert itself on the international stage, especially among the Western powers. In this regard, one of the most significant contributions was the proposal of a set of rules of the reunion procedure. Within the Romanian project, particular attention was given to: the rule of consensus in decision making, the rotation principle in leading the working groups, and also the possibility that states should participate in this international forum with equal rights outside military alliances. The fact that some of these proposals were included in the final document represented a genuine success for Romania.

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